The Midwest Seminar in the
History of Early Modern Philosophy

Spring 2004 Semi-Annual Meeting

 
Program
Saturday, March 20
1:00 p.m. Dennis Des Chene, Washington University
Treating the Passions
2:15 p.m. Andrew Youpa, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Spinoza’s Normative Intellectualism
3:30 p.m. Laurence Carlin, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Leibniz on Volition and Final Causes
4:45 p.m. Lilli Alanen, University of Uppsala
Passions and Self-Knowledge in Spinoza and Hume: The Case of Pride

Sunday, March 21
9:00 a.m. Eric Schliesser, Washington University
Berkeley’s Response to Newton
10:15 a.m. Lynn Joy, University of Notre Dame
Hume on Natural and Moral Dispositions
11:30 a.m. Bethany Hoffman, Harvard University
“Connections” and “Associations” in Hume’s Account of the Mind


All sessions at the Institute for the Humanities, University of Illinois at Chicago, Stevenson Hall, Lower Level, 701 S. Morgan Street, Chicago, Illinois. 

Parking: Closest is at the corner of Harrison and Morgan Streets, one block north of Stevenson Hall.  Public Transportation: Use the Blue Line’s UIC-Halsted stop, or the No. 8 (Halsted Street) bus.  Morgan is one block west of Halsted.

A block of rooms has been set aside at Holiday Inn, 506 W. Harrison, midway between UIC and the downtown Loop, a ten minute walk from UIC.  Make reservations before March 8 by calling 312-957-9100.  Mention the Midwest Seminar to get the UIC rate of $99/night for 1–4 people.  Rooms are also likely to be available at the Rodeway Inn, 1 Midcity Plaza (Madison and Halsted).  (The Holiday Inn is a nicer hotel, but the Rodeway has a more lively immediate neighborhood.)  The Rodeway is in Greektown, a 15 minute walk from UIC.  To make reservations there call 312-829-5000, or consider booking on-line for lower rates.

There will be a dinner Saturday evening, to which all attendees and their guests are cordially invited; final arrangements will be announced at the first session.

The Spring 2004 Meeting has received generous support from the Institute for the Humanities and the Department of Philosophy of the University of Illinois at Chicago.

For more info, contact: Lisa Downing, University of Illinois at Chicago, ldowning@uic.edu, 312-413-3016.
 


The Midwest Seminar in the History of Early Modern Philosophy is an informal group that meets once a semester to discuss new work and work-in-progress in the study of 17th and 18th century philosophy.